Wi-Fi

LinkSys Router DD-WRT in Italian

Camaleonte — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 14:32:00 GMT

Cliccate qui sopra per leggere l'articolo in Italiano ed per avere i svariati links.
Click above for read the italian article and get to all the links!

Linksys WRT54G resuscitated

Camaleonte — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:19:00 GMT

Linksys WRT54G back from the Grave!!

Yes, you will never believe it!
In 2002 I purchased a linksys WRT54G and never been able to use it due to not good enough configuration possibilities to engage my ISP ADSL connection (modem in front).

The other day I go at a friend place with a modem and the LInksys Wireless to set up a ethernet connection and a wireless after it.

I decided to do a firware upgrade since I have this Router for now 3 years... and I found out that the Linksys WRT54G has a number of 3rd party Firmware that use the Router MUCH better and more than it can be done with the official Firmware.
And you know whats best???
IT WORKS!!!

I have done un update downoaded out of the dd-wrt, and Boom... I got a brand new Router with MUCH more possibilities and easier to use.
Only problem: no HELP available!
If you dont know what is all about, you need to make a search on internet. Perosnally I could not find specifically what I was looking for (as a help) but over all, I am now using this router that I had flegged as DEAD!!!

It look like there are other sites that create Firmware for this router and a few others.
My router (I think... I have not checked that yet) is now even SNMP manageble.
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On the forst screen, it gives you even the Trenght and noice of a connection to a AP (I made it a client of an other AP to have it as a Bridge).

I only have one question to you: now that you are probably looking around for those Firmwares, if you find one that manage to make the router a repeater of an AP, can you post me a Message?

I need to make it repeater!
(in case I did not explain well... I need to boost or repeat a signal of an AP that is far away in a house).

I hope to get some good feed back from you.
Enjoy
This is a list of links where you can find Firwares and other resources for WRT54G/GS:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/
http://www.sveasoft.com/
http://www.linksysinfo.org/
www.wi-fiplanet.com tutorials (read how to make firware upgrade)
http://www.wrt54g.net/

Your Camaleonte

What does means Wi-Fi?

Camaleonte — Tue, 24 May 2005 15:03:00 GMT

Lets start from the beginning....
What is a Wi-Fi?

Short for wireless fidelity and is meant to be used generically when referring of any type of 802.11 network, whether 802.11b, 802.11a, dual-band, etc. The term is promulgated by the Wi-Fi Alliance.

Any products tested and approved as "Wi-Fi Certified" (a registered trademark) by the Wi-Fi Alliance are certified as interoperable with each other, even if they are from different manufacturers. A user with a "Wi-Fi Certified" product can use any brand of access point with any other brand of client hardware that also is certified. Typically, however, any Wi-Fi product using the same radio frequency (for example, 2.4GHz for 802.11b or 11g, 5GHz for 802.11a) will work with any other, even if not "Wi-Fi Certified."

Formerly, the term "Wi-Fi" was used only in place of the 2.4GHz 802.11b standard, in the same way that "Ethernet" is used in place of IEEE 802.3. The Alliance expanded the generic use of the term in an attempt to stop confusion about wireless LAN interoperability.

Also see the Wireless LAN Standards chart in the Quick Reference section of Webopedia.

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